Proshifted tremecs rule!!!

WADS56 · 03-11-2002, 01:21 AM

I am so pumped! About 6 months ago i bought a Tremec TKO II proshifted by liberty. I could never get the thing to down shift without grinding the hell out of it so I never drove it but a few times

I put it up for sale, but know one wanted a trans that was not street friendly. I was stuck!
As time passed by I watched the movie "fast and the ferious" and the big dude was talking about double clutching. This got eveyone talking about how you never double clutch in a drag race, and people were asking what it even was. Anyways someone said "double clutching is not needed any more because a modern trans has syncros". I was like CRAP my trans has no syncros and now I feel retarded because I just learned something from the lame movie Fast and the ferious

Well I went and tested it out today and it downshifts like butter. This thing is so cool, I can bang through the gears like a prostocker but still drive the thing on the street. 5TH gear is like a .86 so when I shift into 5th it is like a real gear not a econo gear. I love this thing!!! I will be doing a good amount of street driving this summer, so I can put the hurting on the camaros that spanked me in my 93!

BowTie Eater 5 Liter · 03-11-2002, 01:28 AM

the tko 2 doesnt have syncros? or just the proshifted ones?

do you have to "double clutch" all the gears, or only when downshifting?

WADS56 · 03-11-2002, 02:07 AM

Only the proshifted ones. You only have to doubleclutch when downshifting.

Skyman · 03-11-2002, 05:39 AM

what is double clutching?

Is it just pumping it twice? Like you have to do when putting it in reverse cuz it has no syncros?

Skyler

WADS56 · 03-11-2002, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skyman
what is double clutching?

Is it just pumping it twice? Like you have to do when putting it in reverse cuz it has no syncros?

Skyler

1.Push in the clutch and put it in neutral
2. let the clutch out and give it a little rev
3. push clutch in and downshift

I couldn't beleive it, it downshifts smoother then a trans with syncros, but it just takes a little longer to downshift. The only catch is you have to downshift in order. You can't skip gears or it will grind like hell.

03-11-2002, 11:52 AM

dose this not work at all on stock 5.0 syncro trans?

2FastLX · 03-11-2002, 12:24 PM

Hey Wade. Have you had that thing on the strip yet since the new tranny has been in? If not now's your chance. We have US41 reserved again for April 20th. Tell all your buddies over there in Illinois. Cost will be $25 and there is going to be a reaction time contest. Sign up here... http://www.indianastangers.com/mr-signup2.htm

Unfortunately I won't be there because my car won't be done until the end of summer. I'd like to go because surely by now you should have eveything replaced that is going to break huh?

Congrats on figuring out how to drive that beast. I feel sorry for any Camaro that dares mess with you.

bobtodd · 03-11-2002, 12:58 PM

Ever watch Bullit? You can hear him double clutching that Mustang everytime he shifts. Cool chase scene!

WADS56 · 03-12-2002, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 2FastLX
Hey Wade. Have you had that thing on the strip yet since the new tranny has been in? If not now's your chance. We have US41 reserved again for April 20th. Tell all your buddies over there in Illinois. Cost will be $25 and there is going to be a reaction time contest. Sign up here... http://www.indianastangers.com/mr-signup2.htm

Unfortunately I won't be there because my car won't be done until the end of summer. I'd like to go because surely by now you should have eveything replaced that is going to break huh?

Congrats on figuring out how to drive that beast. I feel sorry for any Camaro that dares mess with you.

I had it there once. The first run I took it easy to get the feel for it. I was granney shifting at 5000rpm, and took it easy off the line and still ran a 11.9

The second run I was going to give it all it had, but the rear end blew into 100's of peices (you were there).

I should be able to make it to the track on the 20th. That sucks that your car won't be ready. I wanted to line them up 347 vs 351. We prety much are running the same parts (heads, intake, trans) axcept for the cam.

I will have some good fun on the street. I put the lowering springs back on with the 28" slicks. It kind of covers them up because they are tucked under the fender walls. I am going to tint the back window so you can't see the roll cage, and I am trying to find a 2 1/2 cowel hood. I will look allot slower then it is so it will be fun.

2FastLX · 03-12-2002, 07:26 AM

I'm actually not sure what cam I am going to run yet. I may still opt to go with an Ed Curtis custom. If I did have my car there you'd still smoke me bad because I'm not setting it up for drag racing. It's going to have a cornering suspension under it.

I didn't realize you had the TKOII in the car when you blew the rear end up. What do you have in the rear now for axles? Didn't you shred a set of Mosers last time? If you keep this up you're going to have to try to get that 60ft time back up to the 1.5's!!!!!!!

I may have to come up and watch you run just for the hell of it. You still owe me that ride too, but we'll not talk about that because every time we do you break your Stang

Later.

2FastLX · 03-12-2002, 07:30 AM

I have a question in the Windsor Forum you might be able to help with too Wade.

WADS56 · 03-12-2002, 07:35 AM

I know! it seems like my car is always breaking parts. That is why I am giving up the dragracing thing and going back to a street terror machine.
If I make it to the track you will get the ride for sure because I will take is easy so nothing breaks this time.

I almost forgot... 1.4's

03-11-2002, 01:21 AM	#1
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	Proshifted tremecs rule!!! I am so pumped! About 6 months ago i bought a Tremec TKO II proshifted by liberty. I could never get the thing to down shift without grinding the hell out of it so I never drove it but a few times I put it up for sale, but know one wanted a trans that was not street friendly. I was stuck! As time passed by I watched the movie "fast and the ferious" and the big dude was talking about double clutching. This got eveyone talking about how you never double clutch in a drag race, and people were asking what it even was. Anyways someone said "double clutching is not needed any more because a modern trans has syncros". I was like CRAP my trans has no syncros and now I feel retarded because I just learned something from the lame movie Fast and the ferious Well I went and tested it out today and it downshifts like butter. This thing is so cool, I can bang through the gears like a prostocker but still drive the thing on the street. 5TH gear is like a .86 so when I shift into 5th it is like a real gear not a econo gear. I love this thing!!! I will be doing a good amount of street driving this summer, so I can put the hurting on the camaros that spanked me in my 93! __________________ 79 Hatch: NA 347, Stage 2 Canfield Heads, Victor JR. Intake, Blueprinted Holley 750 HP, Solid Roller Cam, Shooting for 10's on motor 93 LX: Tremec, dual friction clutch, fms flywheel, Hedman shorties, O/R H-pipe Ricer hater's club member #49

03-11-2002, 01:28 AM	#2
BowTie Eater 5 Liter Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Maple Ridge B.C. Canada, The Best Place In The World Posts: 871	the tko 2 doesnt have syncros? or just the proshifted ones? do you have to "double clutch" all the gears, or only when downshifting? __________________ 1984 Bronco II, 36" Michelin Military Tires, 95 EFI 5.0, NP435 Tranny, NP208 Doubler, NP205 Transfer Case, Fill Size Solid Dana 44 Front End, WH Progressive Rate Rock Crawling Coils, Bronco 8.8 Rear, Skyjacker Softride Leafs, 5.13 Gears, Detroit Locker. Final Crawl Ratio Of 175:1 88 GT Best 60ft. 2.181 Best ET 14.350 Best MPH 98.01 ~WRECKED!!!!~

03-11-2002, 02:07 AM	#3
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	Only the proshifted ones. You only have to doubleclutch when downshifting. __________________ 79 Hatch: NA 347, Stage 2 Canfield Heads, Victor JR. Intake, Blueprinted Holley 750 HP, Solid Roller Cam, Shooting for 10's on motor 93 LX: Tremec, dual friction clutch, fms flywheel, Hedman shorties, O/R H-pipe Ricer hater's club member #49

03-11-2002, 05:39 AM	#4
Skyman I need 110mph Trap Speed! Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: So, CA Posts: 4,315	what is double clutching? Is it just pumping it twice? Like you have to do when putting it in reverse cuz it has no syncros? Skyler __________________ 2001 BMW M3 6spd 12.79@108 RIP ---- 1993 Notch w/ 98 4V 4.6 Fasttt... -1989 Saleen Mustang #406- 12.32@109 -1999 Black Cobra Coupe- JBA Shorties, Bassani Cat-X, Magnaflow 3", Pulleys, 85mm Pro-M, Ported Intake, Soild Rear w/ 4.30s, Tubular Front End, X2C arms, 13lb batt, few others.

03-11-2002, 12:24 PM	#7
2FastLX The Photoshop Guru Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mecca, Indiana Posts: 1,419	US41 is reserved!!! Hey Wade. Have you had that thing on the strip yet since the new tranny has been in? If not now's your chance. We have US41 reserved again for April 20th. Tell all your buddies over there in Illinois. Cost will be $25 and there is going to be a reaction time contest. Sign up here... http://www.indianastangers.com/mr-signup2.htm Unfortunately I won't be there because my car won't be done until the end of summer. I'd like to go because surely by now you should have eveything replaced that is going to break huh? Congrats on figuring out how to drive that beast. I feel sorry for any Camaro that dares mess with you. __________________ Project: 1988 Coupe - EFI 5.8L Twin Turbo with Victor intake, Canfield heads, F303 cam, March aluminum underdrive pulleys, TKO (or T56 if funds permit), PBR twin piston calipers and 13" rotors up front, 94 Cobra rear calipers and 12" rotors on the rear, 3.73's, Griggs K-member, tubular front control arms, torque arm and panhard bar, polished 99 Cobra wheels. "The GR-40 kit installation is now complete, and the humble Fox-chassis car will now out-corner and out-stop a ZR-1 or a Viper, and support massive horsepower additions with perfect balance." Griggs Racing ICQ# 42269241

03-11-2002, 11:52 AM	#6
50DAVIDLX Guest Posts: n/a	dose this not work at all on stock 5.0 syncro trans?

03-11-2002, 12:58 PM	#8
bobtodd Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1998 Location: WI, U.S Posts: 255	Ever watch Bullit? You can hear him double clutching that Mustang everytime he shifts. Cool chase scene! __________________ 91 LX - 10.5:1 pistons, ported 289 heads, Ultradyne 588 cam, Cobra upper/lower, MSD, JBA long tube headers, Flowmaster, Richmond 4:10, roll cage, monster tach...FUN!! 95 SHO - K&N filter

03-12-2002, 07:26 AM	#10
2FastLX The Photoshop Guru Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mecca, Indiana Posts: 1,419	I'm actually not sure what cam I am going to run yet. I may still opt to go with an Ed Curtis custom. If I did have my car there you'd still smoke me bad because I'm not setting it up for drag racing. It's going to have a cornering suspension under it. I didn't realize you had the TKOII in the car when you blew the rear end up. What do you have in the rear now for axles? Didn't you shred a set of Mosers last time? If you keep this up you're going to have to try to get that 60ft time back up to the 1.5's!!!!!!! I may have to come up and watch you run just for the hell of it. You still owe me that ride too, but we'll not talk about that because every time we do you break your Stang Later. __________________ Project: 1988 Coupe - EFI 5.8L Twin Turbo with Victor intake, Canfield heads, F303 cam, March aluminum underdrive pulleys, TKO (or T56 if funds permit), PBR twin piston calipers and 13" rotors up front, 94 Cobra rear calipers and 12" rotors on the rear, 3.73's, Griggs K-member, tubular front control arms, torque arm and panhard bar, polished 99 Cobra wheels. "The GR-40 kit installation is now complete, and the humble Fox-chassis car will now out-corner and out-stop a ZR-1 or a Viper, and support massive horsepower additions with perfect balance." Griggs Racing ICQ# 42269241

03-12-2002, 07:30 AM	#11
2FastLX The Photoshop Guru Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mecca, Indiana Posts: 1,419	I have a question in the Windsor Forum you might be able to help with too Wade. __________________ Project: 1988 Coupe - EFI 5.8L Twin Turbo with Victor intake, Canfield heads, F303 cam, March aluminum underdrive pulleys, TKO (or T56 if funds permit), PBR twin piston calipers and 13" rotors up front, 94 Cobra rear calipers and 12" rotors on the rear, 3.73's, Griggs K-member, tubular front control arms, torque arm and panhard bar, polished 99 Cobra wheels. "The GR-40 kit installation is now complete, and the humble Fox-chassis car will now out-corner and out-stop a ZR-1 or a Viper, and support massive horsepower additions with perfect balance." Griggs Racing ICQ# 42269241

03-12-2002, 07:35 AM	#12
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	I know! it seems like my car is always breaking parts. That is why I am giving up the dragracing thing and going back to a street terror machine. If I make it to the track you will get the ride for sure because I will take is easy so nothing breaks this time. I almost forgot... 1.4's __________________ 79 Hatch: NA 347, Stage 2 Canfield Heads, Victor JR. Intake, Blueprinted Holley 750 HP, Solid Roller Cam, Shooting for 10's on motor 93 LX: Tremec, dual friction clutch, fms flywheel, Hedman shorties, O/R H-pipe Ricer hater's club member #49

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